"Oh, Lord, you have indeed been gracious to me."

-- Watchman Nee

#Lord Quotes #Gracious Quotes

“Because to me it is inconceivable that a subordinate leader should not carry out orders given by the leaders of the State.”

Source : Confessing to the execution of 90,000 Jews at the Nuremberg Trials; Quoted in "Gestapo: Instrument of Tyranny" by Edward Crankshaw, p.141, 1956.
“It is difficult to call myself a writer, even when I stand at a podium to receive a prize, I feel uncomfortable calling myself a writerâ€”I am merely a word criminal.”
“If I go to a restaurant, other people stare. The meal is ruined.”
“I don't really have dream roles. Every single time I've gotten a great job, it's far exceeded my expectations and my dreams.”

Source : Source: collider.com
“For success, like happiness, cannot be pursued; it must ensue, and it only does so as the unintended side-effect of one's personal dedication to a cause greater than oneself or as the by-product of one's surrender to a person other than oneself.”
“World is crazier and more of it than we think, Incorrigibly plural.”

Source : 'Snow' (1935)
“He who willingly accepts chastening by affliction is not dominated by evil thoughts against his will; whereas he who does not accept affliction is taken prisoner by evil thoughts, even though he resists them.”
“They can make no law which will not have its full operation on themselves and their friends, as well as on the great mass of the society.”

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